Wire support for plants.



OTTO A. M'ETLLER, OF AMBLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE SUPPORT FOR PLANTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Application filed September 24, 1908. Serial No. 454,648.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO A. MtiLLnR, citizen of the United States, residing at Ambler, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vll'fi Supports for Plants, of which the following is a specificat-ion.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and eflicient support for growing plants; and to this end the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved plant support. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the supporting standard separated from the other parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the section forming the adjustable supporting legs of the standard, as detached therefrom.

1 designates a standard forming the main section of the device. This standard is formed of a single piece of wire, and it comprises the vertically-arranged parallel parts 2, connected at their upper ends by the loop 3. The lower portions of the parts 2 are bent or twisted together as at 4, and they are then bent outwardly to form the horizontal parts 5, and then downwardly, to form the supporting legs 6.

Engaged with the main section 1 of the device, is a second section 7, which is formed of a single piece of wire, and comprises the central, vertical loop 8, one limb of which extends down through the twisted portion 4 of the section 1, and is rotatably confined therein. The portions of the two sides of the loop 8 are bent outwardly to form the horizontal parts 9, corresponding with the parts 5, and then downwardly to form the vertical legs 10, corresponding with the legs 6. The section 7 is adapted to be adjusted or turned within the twisted portion 4: of the section 1 to bring the parts 9 substantially parallel with the parts 5 and the legs 10 adjacent the legs 6, thus flattening the standard section and adjustable leg section 7 for packing purposes; and the section 7 is adapted to be adjusted or turned within the twisted portion 4 of the section 1 to bring the parts 9 at right angles to the parts 5 and the legs 6 and 10 at equal distances from each other, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position of the parts the legs 6 and 10 may be pressed down into the earth to form a firm and rigid support for the standard.

Engaged with the main section or standard 1 is a third section 11 which is formed of a single piece of wire bent to form the central vertical loop 12, the side members of which are bent to form the loops 13 and the outwardly extending parts let. After the loops 13 are formed the wire is bent from the outwardly extending parts let to form the horizontal rings 15, and the ends of the wire are then twisted around the parts 14:, thus completing the section 11.

It will be observed, on reference to Fig. 1, that the wires 2 of the standard 1 extend up through the central loop 12 and side loops 13 of the plant support section 11, and that the top of the loop 12 and the outwardly eX- tending parts 1 1 are on one side of the wires 2, while the loops 13 connecting the loops 12 with the parts 141 are on the other side of the wires 2. This construction permits the vertical adjustment of the plant supporting section 11 upon the wires 2 of the standard 1, and holds the section 11 in any desired position of adjustment by the natural springiness of the wire loops 12 and 13 and their frictional engagement with the standard.

The section 11 is removable from the standard 1, and any number of plant-supporting sections may be used upon the standard, as desired.

WVhen it is desired to remove the section 11 from the standard, it is raised until the loop 12 is above the top loop 3. This will permit the loop 12 to be moved forwardly into a horizontal position; whereupon the section 11 may be turned to permit the loop 12 to be withdrawn from between the parts 2 of the standard 1, thus detaching the section 11 from the standard.

The section 11 may be reapplied to the standard by reversing the operation just described, and of course any number of plantsupporting sections may be applied to the standard in a similar manner.

Vhen it is desired to pack the device or store it away, the plant-supporting section may be readily removed from the standard 1, as previously explained, and the sections 1 and 7 may be flattened by adjusting the section 7 to bring the legs 10 to a position adjacent the legs 6.

l/Vhen the parts are in the position shown in F ig; 1, the device is ready for use. The

legs of the standards are pressed into the earth adjacent the plant or plants to be supported, and the plant-supporting section is adjusted vertically upon the standards to bring the ring or rings into proper vertical position with relation to the growing plants, to cause the rings to surround and support the same.

The device is especially adapted to be used between two plants, so that a ring may surround each plant. lVhen, however, the device is used in connection with a single plant, but one of the rings is brought into use.

I claim 1. A support for plants comprising a wire section bent to form a standard and two supporting legs, a wire section pivotally connected to the first named section and bent to form a supporting leg, and a plant-supporting section projecting from the standard.

2. A support for plants comprising a wire section bent to form a standard having two parts twisted together to form a vertical bearing and then bent to form two supporting legs, a wire section pivotally engaged with said bearing and bent to form a sup porting leg, and a plant-supporting section projecting from the standard.

3. A support for plants comprising a wire section bent to form a standard having two parts twisted together to form a vertical bearing and then bent to form two supporting legs, a wire section bent to form a vertical loop extending through said bearing, and then bent outwardly and downwardly to form two supporting legs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO A. MULLER.

WVitnesses CHAS. A. HIBSOI-IMAN, A. V. GRoUPE. 

